Shawnet Jones attended the Watkinson School. She is a member of the Combined Program in Medicine and recently studied abroad in the Dominican Republic, where she learned about their health care system and needs. Shawnet was a participant in the Health Professions Partnership Initiative programming.
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2005 Rowe Scholar: Devorah Donnell
Devorah Donnell attended Manchester High School, where she was valedictorian of her class. Devorah is a member of the Combined Program in Medicine and founder of UConn’s Pre-Medical Club.
2005 Rowe Scholar: Allison Baylis
Allison Baylis attended West Haven High School, where she ranked fourth in her class. She is a member of the Combined Program in Dentistry.
A UConn Medical Student First
By Chris DeFrancesco
Commencement 2013 marks a milestone for UConn’s John and Valerie Rowe Health Professions Scholars Program for undergraduates.
Monday, Shawnet Jones becomes the first Rowe scholar to graduate from the UConn School of Medicine.
Jones was part of the first class of Rowe Scholars, which helped enable her to attend UConn’s Combined Program in Medicine, starting in 2005 as an undergraduate. She credits the Rowe scholarship and the UConn Health Center’s Health Career Opportunities Programs (HCOP) as being vital to her growth as a student-turned-physician. Continue reading
Real World Preparation Characterizes Student Nurse’s Education
By Lauren Lalancette
A number of Division III schools vied for Middletown’s Mercy High School athlete of the year to enroll, but Mallory Perry ’14 (NUR) chose UConn because her future career was her top priority.
“It was all about the academics when I chose UConn,” Perry says. “There were so many different schools I could’ve gone to, but I knew I wouldn’t get into the WNBA.” Continue reading
Former Board Chairman Dr. John W. Rowe Honored at Building Naming Ceremony
By Sheila Foran
In a ceremony on Thursday officially designating the former undergraduate education building as the John W. Rowe Center for Undergraduate Education, UConn President Susan Herbst spoke appreciatively of the role that Rowe, former chairman of the Board of Trustees, has played in the development of the University.
It is appropriate, she said, that a building where people come to find their way is named for a man who has given so much to UConn: “There’s a lot of advising in here … a lot of students come in looking for counsel … they come in looking for direction on how to navigate the University … so it’s only fitting that this building is named after one of our favorite people; a person who has given us outstanding direction and guidance during his time here.” Continue reading
Lubonja’s research published in ‘Science of Advanced Materials’
Before Klair Lubonja even started classes his freshman year he was engaged in research courtesy of the Pre-College Enrichment Program, sponsored by the Department of Health Career Opportunity Programs at the UConn Health Center. As a member of Dr. Yu Lei’s lab, Klair spent the summer working with copper nanowire and single-wired carbon nanotubes in an effort to enhance glucose electrooxidation. Continue reading
Rowe Researcher: Translesional Synthesis DNA Polymerases
Summer 2012: Structure and Interactions of Translesional Synthesis DNA Polymerases
By Maciej Kosakowski, Dr. Dmitry Korzhnev, Ph.D., Dr. Irena Bezsonova, Ph.D.
During my weeks with the College Summer Fellowship Program at the UConn Health Center, I worked in a structural biology lab in conjunction with the NMR lab under Dr. Korzhnev. I assisted him on his project, which aimed to discover the specific mechanisms behind translesional synthesis DNA polymerases, or TLS polymerases for short. Continue reading
Rowe Researcher: Health in the Buduburam Refugee Camp
Summer 2012: The Socio-Political Influences on Health in the Buduburam Refugee Camp
By Gian Grant, Dr. Elizabeth Holzer
The United Nations High Commissioner of Refugees (UNHCR) recognizes that there are approximately 2.7 million refugees in the world. The UNHCR often coordinates with non-governmental organizations and asylum countries to provide refugees with services such as health care until a permanent residential situation is agreed upon. Continue reading
Rowe Researcher: Characterization of Drosophila Interacting Genes
Summer 2012: Characterization of Drosophila Interacting Genes: Elucidating the Mechanism(s) of PolyQ Toxicity in Huntington’s Disease
By Daniel R. Camacho, Ping Zhang, Ph.D.
Polyglutamine expansions are a type of genetic mutation that is responsible for several human neurodegenerative diseases, including Huntington’s disease. The pathology of these diseases involves the accumulation of proteins containing polyglutamine domains within neuronal cells, which ultimately leads to cell death. The mechanism of toxicity of these protein aggregates is currently being investigated. My work involved using the model genetic organism Drosophila melanogaster to try to elucidate aspects of polyglutamine toxicity. Continue reading